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Friday, January 29, 2010

Givers and Takers in America

Givers--DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday.

Takers--

Judicial Watch said the newly obtained 2,000 pages of documentation show (United States House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy) Pelosi's military travel cost the U.S. Air Force $2,100,744.59 over two years – including $101,429.14 for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol.

Coincidentally--The Pelosis reportedly own millions of dollars in stock in Microsoft.

**Pelosi is a multi-millionaire. Mostly on the strength of her husband's portfolio of commercial real estate, the Pelosis' net worth is at least $25M and may be as high at $92M -- financial disclosure forms for federal officials report assets and liabilities in broad ranges, so the figure is difficult to pinpoint.